The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York is accepting proposals for Imagine Nonviolence: Expand the Reach. The initiative is designed to support innovative and collaborative programs working to reduce the risk of firearm-related injury and death among pregnant people, children under age five, and older adults in western and central New York.
Firearm injury happens in many forms, including self-harm, intimate partner violence, unintentional injury, and community violence. Pregnant people, young children, as well as older adults and their caregivers are often left out of the intervention strategies when it comes to firearm injury prevention.
Through Imagine Nonviolence: Expand the Reach, grants of up to $15,000 each will be awarded to organizations engaged in firearm violence prevention, firearm safety training, community education, and other initiatives. To be eligible, organizations must be nonprofit, have 501(c)3 status, and operate within one or more of the 16 counties the Health Foundation serves.
Proposals must be submitted by July 22, 2024.
Contact: Kerry Jones Waring at kjwaring@hfwcny.org.